After The Bell, September 2011

Country Childrens Center
School Age News
Welcome back to another school year and
another year of excellent care with the
Country Childrens
Center.
This year we will be
providing parents with
a monthly newsletter
in order to give you an
even closer look at
what your children are
doing during their time
Volume 1, Issue 2
at CCC.
As you know, CCC is
very proud of the
CCC provides before
and after school care care we provide and
at 5 different schools working closely with
parents and schools
and all 5 programs
have different games, only makes our programs stronger. We
activities and traditions and the purpose are looking forward
to having a great
of this newsletter is
time with your kids
to provide families
everyday! Feel free to
with an opportunity
contact us with any
to become familiar
questions.
with all of the them.
Bedford Hills Elementary
One of the best parts of
school starting again is
coming back to CCC
where fun with our
friends never ends!
Miss Jess is back for
her 5th year as site director and Miss Fran is
back for her 6th year at
CCC. New to us this
year, but not to CCC, is
Mr. Zach. We couldn’t
be more excited to see
our old friends and
meet new friends joining us this year!
During your child’s
time at CCC he/she will
be able to sign up to be
in charge of a number
of activities like our
daily inside games and
outside or gym games.
Built into our fun filled
time together we set
aside a time for homework and quiet time
days throughout the
where the children can
play quiet games if they school year! Your child
have no homework to do. will have a chance for
unstructured free play
If you would like your
child to work on their
each day.
homework here and
If you have any questions
have not already told us or concerns, our site cell
please make sure to do
phone is (914) 216-4371
so we can help them
and if something arises
work on it. We come tobefore that time, you can
gether at snack time to
reach Jessica at (914) 242share our yummy treats 0520 x411 from 8:30-1pm.
and stories of our days.
He/She will also be able We look forward to a
wonderful, fun filled year
to pick out something
together at CCC!
tricky for us all
to say on
“Tongue Twister
Tuesdays” or try
to stump the
group on “Trivia
Thursdays” and
will have a
chance to test
their word puzzle skills as we
hear from Myrtle
the Wordle Turtle on WednesEnjoying a yummy afternoon snack!
October 2011
Highlights:
Welcome
back to CCC
After-School!
Get to know
each of the
after-school
programs
Goals for the
year
Inside this
issue:
Katonah
2
Increase
Miller
2
Lewisboro
3
John Jay
3
Weather Info 4
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Katonah Elementary
expressions,
this active
group is planning on utilizing the gym and
playground as
much as they
can.
Although the kids of
Katonah were sad to
see the summer end,
they were more excited for school to
start and to spend
time with their
friends at CCC!
They picked up
right were they left
off in June making
the transition from
summer effortless.
Everyone dove back
into the routine of
helping each other with
homework, creating Lego
masterpieces, and continuing favorite outside games
of four square and kickball.
can’t wait to see what projects are in store for this
year.
Arts and crafts were a big
hit last year and the kids
After stimulating their
minds and their artistic
Katonah kids hanging around!
Ms. Coralyn,
Ms. Julianna,
Ms. Rachel, and
Ms. Rachelle
can’t wait to see
how the Katonah bunch use
their creativity this year.
Last year, the kids created
a carnival and scavenger
hunts. Word around the
cafeteria is that something
big is already in the works!
Increase Miller Elementary
Welcome back! Here at Increase Miller, we are excited for the new school
year!
I’m Greg Barnes and working with me this year as
always is Marie, who is
ready to do some arts and
crafts with your children.
We have a good family here
and while we welcome
three new first graders to
the program, we also are
glad to welcome back familiar faces!
In the first two weeks, we
have been going outside
and enjoying the last days
of summer. I’ve been playing soccer and football
with those who want to
play. Marie has been dutifully watching your children play on the playground and those running
around, enjoying each
others company. Other
games we play are foursquare and wall ball.
We look forward to working with your children
everyday as they learn
and grow while working
together as a team. It is a
joy to watch the kids interact with each other
and it makes my day to
be able to work where I
do. Hopefully this year
will bring us many more
great memories!
October 2011
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Lewisboro/Meadow Pond
Welcome to all the new parents enrolled in the Lewisboro/Meadow Pond CCC
After-School Program and
the families continuing another year with
CCC. Double the program,
double the fun, and we are
ready for another fantastic
year with your children!
Here at our site we provide
a consistent enriching social environment for the
children. This month we
will be getting to know one
another as we integrate
two programs into
one. With a bigger group,
it allows us more diversity
and opportunities in play,
along with a bigger pot of
ideas and perspectives to
use and learn from.
Thank you for allowing
your child to participate in
our program. Feel free to
share any thoughts and
concerns with me, this program is always open to suggestions. All CCC information regarding events, community hand outs, or need
to know information is put
by the sign out sheet by the
phone.
Sincerely,
Jeffrey Ho
John Jay Middle School
Welcome back to the returning parents as well as new
families to our after school
program. My name is Tiffany
J. Baffi and I have been the
site director for the JJMS
after school program for
four years. I am also, a NYS
certified teacher’s assistant.
I wanted to review all the
outstanding aspects of this
program with you.
One of our objectives is to
offer a well rounded program to after school students with the
proper amount of supervision which allows recreation
and education. Since the
program’s inception, I saw
the importance of a homework support system for the
students so they could not
only complete their assignments before leaving, but to
be able to have an academic
support system for those students who need extra help
with their assignments.
As you know, we provide
healthy snacks, which include but are not limited to,
fruit,
ies at home, we allow the
student time to choose an
activity they would like to
pursue. Sports, games, even
time once a month for a
video and popcorn are their
number one choices.
If you have any questions or
comments, please do not
hesitate to contact me.
vegetables, apple
sauce, yogurt, and
a variety of home
baked snacks like:
corn muffins, oatmeal cookies,
pumpkin bread,
etc.
Independence
comes from self
success and by
removing some
pressure of studPumped up for another great year!
Country Childrens Center
PO Box 91
Katonah, NY 10536
Phone: 914-242-0520 ext.
302
Polly Peace, Executive
Director
Brent Morton, School-Age
Program Director
Phone: 914-216-4441
www.countrychildrenscenter.org
Contact Numbers
Bedford Hills (main office) 914-242-0520
The Farm 914-242-0520: Ext. 111
Kitchawan 914-242-0520: Ext. 601
Watson 914-242-0520: Ext. 412
White House 914-242-0520: Ext. 301
B.H. Elementary School 914-242-0520: Ext.
502
Increase Miller 914-763-7190
J.J. Middle School 914-242-0520: Ext. 503
Katonah 914-763-7191
Lewisboro 914-763-7890
Weather Line 914-242-0520: Ext. 250
The Teepee Construction Project
Children at CCVC, or the Vacation Camp, were very busy during
September 29th and 30th.
We built a “teepee village” at
CCC’s Farm location. Children
spent the morning gathering fallen
tree limbs and bound them together using a simple design. The
kids had a blast building the village and the children at the Farm
now have an outdoor classroom
to play and explore.